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Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel
June 19, 2012
Critic Score
87
29
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2
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Matthew E. White - Big Inner
August 21, 2012
Critic Score
84
14
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3
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Bob Dylan - Tempest
September 11, 2012
Critic Score
83
29
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4
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Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas
January 31, 2012
Critic Score
81
27
reviews
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5
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Meursault - Something for the Weakened
July 16, 2012
Critic Score
80
11
reviews
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6
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Sharon Van Etten - Tramp
February 7, 2012
Critic Score
80
29
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7
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Bonnie Raitt - Slipstream
April 10, 2012
Critic Score
80
6
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8
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Andrew Bird - Break It Yourself
March 6, 2012
Critic Score
79
27
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9
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Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It
February 21, 2012
Critic Score
79
26
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10
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Father John Misty - Fear Fun
May 1, 2012
Critic Score
79
21
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11
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Iris DeMent - Sing The Delta
October 2, 2012
Critic Score
79
10
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12
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Cat Power - Sun
September 4, 2012
Critic Score
78
41
reviews
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13
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Loudon Wainwright III - Older Than My Old Man Now
April 17, 2012
Critic Score
78
9
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14
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Josephine Foster - Blood Rushing
September 18, 2012
Critic Score
78
5
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15
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Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
October 15, 2012
Critic Score
78
10
reviews
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16
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Martin Rossiter - The Defenestration of St Martin
December 3, 2012
Critic Score
77
7
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17
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Mac DeMarco - Rock and Roll Night Club
March 27, 2012
Critic Score
77
6
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18
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Chuck Prophet - Temple Beautiful
February 7, 2012
Critic Score
77
6
reviews
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19
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Angel Olsen - Half Way Home
September 4, 2012
Critic Score
77
8
reviews
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20
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Todd Snider - Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
March 6, 2012
Critic Score
77
10
reviews
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21
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Cate Le Bon - CYRK
January 17, 2012
Critic Score
76
16
reviews
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22
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Bahamas - Barchords
February 7, 2012
Critic Score
76
6
reviews
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23
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John K. Samson - Provincial
January 24, 2012
Critic Score
75
9
reviews
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24
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Richard Hawley - Standing at the Sky's Edge
May 7, 2012
Critic Score
75
20
reviews
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25
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Chelsea Wolfe - Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs
October 16, 2012
Critic Score
75
8
reviews
Amazon
Spotify
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